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Page 2 STATE Monday, Augiial,; THE BATTALION Three shot at hospital Man kills two, then turns gun on himself KINGWOOD (AP) — A man fatal ly shot his wife and another man in a hospital courtyard before committing suicide Saturday afternoon, police said. The slayings happened outside Kingwood Medical Center's emer gency room about 1 p.m., said Hous ton Police Department spokesperson Sylvia Trevino. No one else was in jured in the shooting. Kingwood is a suburb north of Houston. "It was really scary," said Marge Schwartz, who was visiting her sister inside the hospital when the shots rang out. "I never dreamt that it was gun shots, I just heard this popping noise." The man shot his wife and another man numerous times with a high-cal iber revolver before turning the gun on himself, Trevino said. The identities of the three were not released. Hospital officials said the shooting happened inside a wooden gazebo standing near the emergency room en trance. None of the deceased were em ployees or patients. “I never dreamt that it was gun shots, I just heard this popping noise." — Marge Schwartz hospital visitor Chuck Schuetz, a hospital execu tive, said, immediately after the inci dent, several staff members worked to save the three victims. "We did our best to resuscitate them, but 90 minutes later, they were dead," Schuetz said. Hours later, police had cordoned off the area around the gazebo, which stood in a grassy courtyard near the entrance to the emergency room. A crying hospital worker could be seen standing near another entry way, along with a colleague who appeared to be consoling the woman. The motive for the shooting was not immediately known, but Trevino said it may have been caused by marital discord. "It appears it's is going to be a love triangle situation," Trevino said of the incident. "The shooter believed he found his wife with another man." Paul Barnes, who arrived at the scene after the shooting, but saw the police cars and a crowd of onlookers, said he was surprised violence had erupted at Kingwood's hospital, normally a quiet place. Cisneros returns to San Antoni Head-on collision claims four lives FORT WORTH (AP) — Four peo ple died late Saturday after a driver going the wrong way down a high way smashed into several other ve hicles, police said. The wreck happened about 8:30 p.m. along State Highway 121 just east of Fort Worth. The driver of one pickup crashed head-on into another pickup, then hit a van filled with nearly a dozen peo ple, city police said. The driver heading the wrong way, who was apparently fleeing an other wreck moments before on 121, was killed instantly when his pickup burst into flames after hitting the van. The accident also sent the van skid ding down the highway upside down before it came to a stop. So far, the dead include the driver of the first pickup truck, a small child, a teen-ager, and an adult. Nine others are listed in critical condition in local hospitals. No names have been released, police said. 'Slo-t So, (a a it SAN ANTONIO (AP)-Ha Cisneros is returning toSanAi; nio after an absence of more (Is I seven years. The move, scheduled forfc tember, is fueling speculationii 1 the former San Antonio mayor® Clinton cabinet secretary is prep; ing for a Texas gubernatorial run "No, no, no, no, no," Cisner ; responded. "This was a conscious selection he told the San Antonio Expresses in a copyright story forSunday'sec tions. "I'm looking for a placewfe 1 can make a public contributii without the roller-coasterdemandv campaigning and the political life. Cisneros' firm, A meric C itvVista, will enter a gro wing mr ket for urban reinvestment. \ plans to use some of the moneyi earned while president of the Uni- vision television network to he! launch a joint venture with Kan: man and Broad Home Corp. ti build homes in Southwesterndties American City Vista will focuso: building unsubsidized, affo subdivisions, Cisneros said, al though he did not rule out the used government programs as a I ing mechanism. "I know there is a market forte concept of villages within dties, Cisneros said, explaining tb company would be the firstbigplay- er to invest serious capital in center- city housing in the Southwest. An official announcement of Hs plans is expected Monday. Cisneros was housing secretan during President Clinton'sfirstterm and resigned in 1996. He moved from Washington to Los Angeles!,5 years ago to run Univision Com munications Inc., the nation's largest Spanish-language telft'isfpn network. Under his leadership as president and chief operating offi cer, the company's stock price in creased more than fivefold. Despite his protests, Cisneros is seen by some as the Democrats'best chance for recapturing the gover nor's office and revitalizing the De mocratic party in Texas. Correction n the Aug. 3 article "Daylon Holt to sign with Oakland A's/' Day Ian Holt's name was misspelled. Vlonday, August 7,. A&M sop? ber of the Bi, exhibition gs Aggie UTSA Represei peting in th< Champions Aug. 13. Agj both advam Newport David Lynn A THE 1 Jeff Kempf, Managing Editor Jason Bennyhoff, Aggielife/Radio Editor Beth Ahlquist, Copy Chief Jennifer Bales, Night News Editor April Young, City Editor Jeanette Simpson, Asst. 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